An attempted parcel bomb plot originating in Yemen will further heighten security concerns about the unstable Arab state.
Foreign troops in Somalia allows militants to pose as nationalist champions with a mandate for the kind of attacks Mogadishu witnessed on Tuesday.
Pakistan is cooperating more with US-backed Afghan peace efforts but not to the extent sought by Washington, said US envoy for Afghanistan.
The Taliban’s alliance with Osama bin Laden appears stronger than for years, but strains linger beneath the surface.
An al Shabaab victory over Somali government troops in Mogadishu would lift the morale of Islamist militants everywhere.
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/ 24 February 2009
Abdelaziz Bouteflika is heading for a hollow victory in an election in April because he is ill-suited to the task of tackling youth unemployment.
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/ 17 December 2008
Opec ministers on Wednesday agreed to remove a record 2,2-million barrels per day (bpd) from oil markets.
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/ 7 September 2008
The deadliest of the many blows suffered by Algiers’s disintegrating old quarter may actually be contemporary.
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/ 1 September 2008
From cutlass and canon to earthquake and flood, powerful forces have long done damage to the Algiers Casbah, fabled bastion of Barbary pirates.
An influx of workers from China is receiving a mixed reception in Africa, where people both admire and resent the newcomers’ pursuit of wealth.